Huck tells the stories of when Tom became a detective to solve a murder case and of when Tom, Jim, and he go on an adventure in a hot air balloon. The volume also includes several lesser-known short stories.

"This book is a record of a pleasure trip," Mark Twain wrote in the Preface. Originally published in 1867, this travelogue includes portions of letters he wrote to the Daily Alta California, New York Tribune, and New York Herald. This is the second of two volumes dedicated to The Innocents Abroad in the 1922 Author's National Edition set.

"This book is a record of a pleasure trip," Mark Twain wrote in the Preface. Originally published in 1867, this travelogue includes portions of letters he wrote to the Daily Alta California, New York Tribune, and New York Herald. This is the first of two volumes dedicated to The Innocents Abroad in the 1922 Author's National Edition set.

"No weather will be found in this book. This is an attempt to pull a book through without weather. It being the first attempt of the kind in fictitious literature, it may prove a failure, but it seemed worth the while of some dare-devil person to try it, and the author was in just the mood." — Mark Twain in "The Weather In This Book" preface

What would you do if you know that you're about to inherit $30,000? This challenge was given to Saladin Foster (aka "Sally") and his wife Electra (aka "Aleck"). The money comes with its conditions, however. Will Sally and Aleck adhere to the restrictions or will their greed get in the way?

"I am an American. I was born and reared in Hartford, in the state of Connecticut—anyway, just over the river, in the country. So I am a Yankee of the Yankees..." — from "The Stranger's History" (page 5)

David Wilson decided to put up his shingle in Dawson's Landing, hoping to build a law office, but when his wit was misunderstood by the townspeople, he was labeled a "pudd'nhead" and could only eek out a living using his other skills. However, twenty years later a murder case gives him a chance to redeem himself in his neighbors' eyes as well as reveal a tragic and fateful decision by a slave mother whose strongest desire was to see her son raised free.

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